A pleasant new Ballad of two Louers.

To a pleasant new Tune.
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COmplaine my Lute complaine on him
that stayes so long away,
He promis'd to be here ere this,
but still vnkinde doth stay.
But now the Prouerbe true I finde,
once out of sight then out of mind:
Hey hoe my heart is full of woe.
Peace lyer peace, it is not so,
he will by and by be here:
But euery one that is in Loue,
thinkes euery houre a yéere.
Hark, hark, me thinkes I hear one knock
run quickly then and turne the locke,
Then farrewell all my care and woe.
Come gallant now, come loyterer,
for I must chide with thée:
But yet I will forgiue thée once,
come sit thée downe hy mée,
Faire Lady rest your selfe content,
I will endure your punishment,
And then we shall be friends againe.
For euery houre that I haue staid
so long from thée away,
A thousand kisses will I giue,
receiue them ready pay.
And if we chance to count amisse
againe wée'le reckon them euery kisse,
For he is blest that's punisht so.
And if those thousand kisses then
we chance to count aright
We shall not néed to count againe
till we in bed doe light:
And then be sure that thou shalt haue,
thy reckoning iust as thou shalt craue.
So shall we still agrée as one.
And thus they spent the silent night,
in swéet delightfull sport,
Till Phoebus with his beames so bright,
from out the fiery port
Did blush to sée the swéet content,
in sable night so vainely spent,
Betwixt these Louers two.
And then this Gallant did perswade,
that he might now be gone:
Swéet-heart, quoth he, I am afraid,
that I haue stayd too long.
And wilt thou then be gone, quoth she,
and will no longer stay with me:
Then welcome all my care and woe.
And then she tooke her Lute in hand,
and thus began to play,
Her heart was faint she could no stand,
but on her bed she lay.
And art thou gone my loue, quoth she,
complaine my Lute, complaine with me
Vntill that he doth come againe.
FINIS.

Printed at London for H. G.

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